Second Language Learners' Theories on the Use of English Articles: An Analysis of the Metalingusitic Knowledge Used by Japanese Students in Acquiring the English Article System.

Butler, Yuko Goto

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ERIC Number: EJ650688

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Publication Date: 2002

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Second Language Learners' Theories on the Use of English Articles: An Analysis of the Metalingusitic Knowledge Used by Japanese Students in Acquiring the English Article System.

Butler, Yuko Goto

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v24 n3 p451-80 Sep 2002

Addresses the difficulties second language learners have using articles properly by examining the metalinguistic knowledge of the English article system that learners employ when selecting articles in a given situation. Attempts to better understand the process of "making sense" of the English article system by learners who are at different stages in their interlanguage development. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Interlanguage, Japanese, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Metalinguistics, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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